Example sentences of "[to-vb] much [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 2 | The Morgan test would not appear to require much more than a knowledge of the basic facts of life . |
| 3 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 4 | The war was unlikely to become much more than a dispute over frontier posts , in which success would depend to a considerable extent on winning the support of the Indians who lived in the wide area between the colonies . |
| 5 | But even now , a woman has to achieve much more than a man in order to gain respect or " promotion " . |